Pea-drill.



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PBA DRLLL. APPLICATION FILED 1320.3, 1912.

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Attorneys LG. BECKER. PBA DRILL. APPLIOAHUN Emu) DB0. s, 19'12..

1,079,31 0. s Patented Nov. is. 1913.

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` Witnesses l "11.21;, by a a I C l Attorneys 'seed which has 'riErTEn sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

JOI-ING. BECKER, OF

CAMPBELL., MISSOURI.

'PEA-DRILL..

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Applicationmefr December 3, i912.

Patented Nov.-18, 1913. semi No. 734,786.

vom.' y Be 1tknown la., i, JOHN G. BEoKEn, a citizen of the United States. residing at Campbell, in the county of Dunklin and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful 'Pea-Drill, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention aims to provide an attachment which maybe united tivator of standard and particularly 'with a disk cultivator, tothe end that when the standing corn is worked for the last time in the season, two rows ot: peas or another grain, may be planted snnultaneously, the rows of uniform distance from the corn rows, the construction being such that one of the cultivator disks will cover the peas or other been deposited in the ground. The invention aims to provide a device of the type above mentioned which may readily be attached to a eultivator, and, with equal facility, be removed therefrom.

vSpecifically, the invention aix'ns to provide novel means for actuating the seed distributor and for operatively connecting the seed distribnter with the ground wheel for a. cultivator or the like vehicle.

'bination `With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear' as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the comand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. t

`In the drawing:-Figure l shows the invention in rear elevation, applied to a cultivator; Fig. 2 .is a top plan of the structure shown in Fig. l; the cultivator disks and attendant parts being omitted, for the sake ot' clear-ness; Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged from ltlig. l, portions being broken away and sectioned; Fig. 4 is a perspective showing means -whereby the seed receptacles are mounted; Fig. -5 is a 'fragment-al top plan i the actuating mechanism for the seed inter; Fig. 6 is a plan of the ratchet which constitutes a part of the actuj mechanism for the seed distributer; ig, i is an elevation of thepawl and atpeas standing at al lever is held against movement; and Fig. 9 is an elevation ot' the tubular head which rel'celves the seed from the seed receptacle.

vided a supporting structure, the saine ,in `the present instance taking the form of a cultivator, the-frame whereof isA denoted by the numeral l. The frame l supports for rotation, -ground wheel 2. flangers 3 depend from the frame 1,*the hangers 3 supl` porting a plurality of cultivator disks 4,

is to be understood that the cul- 'tivators may be of any desired form.` Supported by the frame l of the cultivator are .Seat bars 5.

Extended across the upper edges of the seat bars 5 are supporting bars G, other supporting bars 7 being extended across the lower edges of the seat bars 5. 8 imite the supporting bars '6 and 7, andserve to clamp the same firmly in place upon the seat ars 5.

Two seed dropping mechanisms are provided, but since these mechanisms areof identical construction, but one of them will. be described in detail.

Extended transversely of the bars 6 is a platform 9, having depending shoulders l0 which engage the adjacent faces of the bars G. Bolts 11 extend through openings 12 in the bars G, the bolts 1l being engaged with the ends of the platform 9 to hold the. platform in place upon the bars (i. The bolts ll engage a seed receptacle 14, and serve to hold the seed receptacle in place on the platform i). The rear end oi each platform f) extends beyond" the rear edge of the bar (5, the rear end of the platt'i'irm 9 being equipped with openings 15, adapted to rc ceive hooks lo formed upon a `conical head 17 supporting a` pipe 1S which is preferably flexible, the pipe 18 entering a conical dis- Icharge member lt) Isecured by means of a bracket 2O to the disk yoke. The head 17, the pipe 1S and the discharge member 19 constitute a chute which serves-to deposit the peas or other grain outside ol the inner most culti vator disk 4. The distri buter ring of eachsced receptacle let denoted. by the numeral 21, the ring 2l being provided in its lower face with a rack 2Q, adapted to enga gc a pinion 23 secured to a shaft 24, alined vertically with the frame 1- of'tlic cultivator, the inner end of the shaft 53dbeing journaled a bearing plate 25 vwhich is secured by means n carrying out the invention there iskproother of bolts 26 or the like to the upper lace olf each platform.

A bracket 27 is shown, the same comprising a vertical l'lange 28, provided with slots 2t), receiving bolts 30, which enter one end ot tbe 'frame l, to hold the bracket 27 in Vtor a vertical adjustment of the bracket. The horizontal llange ot the bracket 27 is indicated by the numeral 31. The llange 31 receives bolts 32, adapted to move in slots 33, formed in a supporting `plate. 3l, to the end that the supporting plate may be held in place upon the bracket 27, rigidly, and for horizontal adjustment. AFixed to and upstanding from the bearing plate 24 are bearings 35 in which the shaitt 24t is journaled tor rotation. r1`he bearing plate 34 is equipped with rearwardly extended arms 3G, one of which, as clearlj shown in Fig. 8, is provided with notches, 37 and 38. A shaft 39 is journaled in the arms 36, the shaft 39 being provided at one end with a handle Ll0 ywhich may be engaged in the notches 37 and 38, to adjust the position ot the shaft 39 circumterentially, ity being understood that the sbatt 39 is tree to slidey longitudinally in the arms 36, so that the handle 40 may be engaged in either ot the notches 37 or 38. The shatt 3l) carries between the arms 3G, an abutment 42, engaged by one end ot a compression spring t1, the end ot which abuts against that arm 3G which is provided with the notches 37 and 38. At its outer end, the shatt 39 isequipped with a crank 43, carrying a roller afl, the roller le having functions which will be set forth hereina'tter. Journaled on the other vend of the shatt 24 is a bearing ring 58, earrying a wheel 45 vprovided with a laterally project-ing rim 46, the inner tace ot which is provided with ratchet teeth Lt?. Secured at (it) to thc end of the shaft 24. is a head 70. Projecting radially from the head is an arm 48, located relatively near to another arin llt) which likewise projects trom the head 70. Pivotally supported as shown at 50, in the arms 48 and all) is a pawl 51 provided. with a laterallyr projecting stud 52 adapted to engage the ratchet teeth 47 ot the wheel 45. The stud 52 is constrained normally into engagement with the ratchet tee-th 47 by means of a spring 53, one-end ot which is secured to the bead 7() the other end of which is secured to the pawl 51. At its outer' end, the pawl 51 is provided with a recess 54, in which, under circumstances to be pointed out hereinafter, the roller -fl-t which is carried by the shatt 3l), is adapted to be received.

The outer end ot the bearing 58 is provided with a sprocket wheel 55, engaging a sprocket chain 536, passed about a larger sprocket wheel 57 operatively connected with one ground wheel 2 tor rotation therewith.

lllhen the ground wheel 2 is rotated, rotary movement will be imparted tothe sprocket wheel 57, and trom the sprocket wheel 57, the chain 5G will transmit rotatory movement tothe sjnocket wheel 55, rotatory movement being thus imparted to the bearing 58 which is journalcd tor rotation upon the outer end ot the shaft 2l. When the bearing 58 is rotated, the ratchet wheel 45 will be rotated. It `is/to be noted that the mount-ing 50 ot the pawl 51 is eccentric with respect to the center of rotation ot the shaft 2l, and consequently when the bearing 58 is rotated forwardly, the stud 52 ot the pawl 51 will engage the ratchet teeth t7 of the wheel l5, and thus the member 58, the head TO and the sha'tt- 2t will be rotated.

lVhen the shaft 2l is rotated, the pinion 23 will be actuated, the pinion 23, meshing into the rack 22 will rotate the distributer ring 21, the peas or other grain being deposited in the tubular head 17, and passing thence into the pipe 18 and from the pipe 18 into the discharge member 19, the grain being deposited hy the discharge member 19, within the turrow formed by the innermost cultivator disk Ll.

lVhe'n it is desired to disconnect the. dis tributer mechanism from the grom'ul wheel which carries the sprocket. wheel 57, the shaft 39 is slid longitudinally, to put the spring itl under cmnpression, the handle -tO being engaged in the notch 37 by the pressure ot the spring 41 against the. abutment The crank t3 will thereupon be swung to position the roller all in the path ot the recess 5l in the pawl 5l. The pawl 51 will thus be upheld, at its tree end, to such an extent that the stud will click over the ratchet i7 of the wheel t5, the ground wheel 2 being thus rotate 'forwardly without actuating tbe, shaft 2l. llihen the handle l0 is engaged i-n the notch 38, the roller -tl `;vill be withdrawn out oli the. path et the recess portion 5t ol" the pawl 51. permitting the stud 52 ot the pawl to engage the ratchet teeth 47 ot the wheel #15, so that. when the ground wheel 2 is rotated forwardly. the shaft ll will be connected oper.itiv .-l v with the ground wheel.

llaving thus described the invention, what is claimed ist l. ln a device of the class described, a vehicle: a bracket vertically adjustable on tihevehicle: a bearing member boriaontally adjustable upon the bracket in tbe direction otl travel ot' the vehicle; a sha tt journaled in the bearing member: means extending in the direction oi" travel ol tbe vehicle lor drivingthe shalt; a` seed distributing ele meut movably mounted upon the support; and means tor operatively connecting the seed distributing element with the sbatt'.

2, ln a device ot tbe class described, a

permitted to damping members;

vehicle; a bracket vertically adjustable upon the vehicle; a bearing?r member horizontally ad j us'table upon the bracket 'in the direction ol travel of the Vehicle; a shaft journaled for rotation in the bearing member; a seed distributingr element movably mounted upon' the support; means for operatively connecting` tle seed distributing element with the shaft; a driving element; means for olutohing the driving element to the shaft; and movable means mounted upon the bearing member for disengaging the clutch means.

In a device of the class described, means for connecting the clamping` members; a seeddistributer mounted upon one clamping member; n. vertically adjustable bracket; a. horizontally adjustable bearing member carried by ythe racket; a shaft journaled in the bearingy member and operatively connected with the 20 d istributer; shaft.

In testinlony that I claim tbe fm'eigoin;- amy own, I have hereto alixed my signature' in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. BECKER.

'and means for actuating the Witnesses L. J. CARTER, W'. H. NAPIER. 

